Srinagar, Oct 24: A 29 years
old, Manzoor Ahmad Bhat son
of Bashir Ahmad resident of
Narkar, committed suicide by
consuming some poisonous
substances at his home last
evening. He succumbed while
being shifted to the hospital.
Police after conducting all
legal formalities handed over
the body of deceased to his
relatives for last rites. Budgam
police has initiated inquest
proceedings under section 174
CrPC in this regard

Manager attached
for negligence
Srinagar, October 24: The government on Thursday attached
senior Manager (electric) after
he failed to complete electric
works of District Hospital,
Samba within stipulated
period.
Sources told KNS that Managing Director JK Housing
board after taking cognizance
of negligence in maintaining
the quality control and timely
completion of works, issued directions to attach the Manager
with immediate effect to head
office.
While conveying the instructions of Minister for Housing,
Horticulture and Culture, the
Managing Director issued
strict instructions that no
laxity in quality control and
delay in completion of projects
in stipulated time shall be
tolerated.

13 injured in road
mishaps
Srinagar, Oct 24: Thirteen
persons were injured in different road accidents across the
valley.
A Santro car bearing registration number Jk03C/7750 collided with a Scooter bearing registration number Jk01F/6371
at Peerbagh, in the jurisdiction
of Police Station Budgam. Both
Santro driver and scooter rider
were injured in this accident.
Both the injured were shifted
to Hospital for treatment.
Budgam police has registered a
case in this regard.
Meanwhile, a Bus bearing
registration number Jk03/3792,
Winger bearing registration
number Jk09/7974 and a Ford
Figo car bearing registration
number Jk09A/0263 collided
on National Highway near
Chainbal, in the jurisdiction of
Police Post Mirgund, Baramulla, resulting in injuries to four
passengers. All the injured
See Injured on Pg. 11

Two structures
damaged in fire
Srinagar, Oct 24: Fire broke
out in the residential house of
Mohammad Maqbool Ganie
son of Mohammad Akbar
resident of Aru, Pahalgam, in
the jurisdiction of Police station Pahalgam, Anantnag. The
house was gutted completely
and an adjacent cowshed was
partially damaged in this incident. Fire was brought under
control with the help of fire
tenders and Police.

State Law Minister Mir Saifullah confirms he received a copy
plies to the ‘explanation’.
Talking to Kashmir
News Service (KNS), Mir
Saifullah, Law Minister
said that he has received
the copy of the ‘summon’
today that was sent to
retired Gen. V.K.Singh.
He further told KNS that
if the summon is not replied within the ‘stipulated’ time, a warrant
against the former Amy
General shall be issued.
“The Notice has been
issued in response to a
Breach of Privilege Notice given by 15 Ministers/ Members against
him,” a government
handout issued to KNS
said adding that the retired General has been
given 20 days-time to ex-

Srinagar, October 24:
After hectic debate over
former
Army
Chief
V.K Singh’s
funding
remarks in its recently
concluded autumn session, speaker of assembly has issued ‘summon’
to former army general,
asking him to explain
his position within 20
days.
Though the summon as
per reliable source of
KNS has not sought personal appearance as was
vehemently demanded
by the legislators cutting
across their party lines,
sources said that any
further action against
the retired general will
be taken only after he re-

Master Plan violations in Srinagar

Govt granted week’s
time on policy decision
Srinagar, October 24:
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today
granted week’s time to
state government for
submitting its policy decision as to what measures it is contenptlating to ensure that there
are no violations of Srinagar Master Plan.
The government has
been asked to file its
reply by or before next
date of hearing and in
case of non compliance,
the Court will dispose
of the applications on
merit, said Kashmir
News Service corresponded.

There are some 2500
structures in Srinagar
which have allegedly
come up in violation of
master plan guidelines;
reveals a report prepared by a high level
committee that was
constituted by the government four years ago.
Out of these alleged 2500
illegal structures, the
report says that 1100
have come up without
any permission and in
gross violation of related law; sources quoting the report had told
Kashmir News Service.
The report prepared by
the high level
See Govt Granted on Pg. 11

plain his position in the
matter so that further
course of action could
be decided under the
Rules of Procedure and
Conduct of Business in
the J&K Legislative Assembly.
Meanwhile, party sources close to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on
Thursday revealed that
the Government of India
has still not responded to
the letter sent by Omar
on September 25th to the
Prime Minster, urging
him for the investigations into the remarks
made by retired Gen
V. K. Singh about the
TSD funding to the state
mainstream politicians.
“The Chief Minster’s of-

Srinagar, October 24:
Chief
Minister,
Omar
Abdullah Thursday fixed
three months time period
for the formulation of Trade
Policy for the State by a
Committee of experts constituted in this regard to address all the issues concerning development of trade,
commerce and industry in
the State.
“The Committee should
come up with a comprehensive proposal taking care of
all issues relating to industrialization, job creation
and generation of wideranging economic activities
in the industries, handicrafts, trade and commerce

relationship.
Dr. Singh spelt out a sixpoint roadmap of areas
offering cooperation between the two countries
and invited Chinese investment in Indian plans.
India needs FDI of one
trillion dollars in infrastructure in the next five
years. He also highlighted eight specific areas for
cooperation between the
two neighbours. These
areas are expansion and
modernization of infrastructure,
enhancing
agricultural productivity, manufacturing and
services, energy security,
climate change and terrorism. Dr. Singh also
said, maritime security
in the Pacific and Indian
Oceans is vital for Indian
and Chinese economies.
See PM on Pg. 11

sectors”, he said and added
that the industrial package
to encourage investment by
locals and outsiders should
simultaneously aim at generating employment for locals in the industrial units.
He said the growth of indus-

The committee that time
claimed that Ajab Singh
son of late Gopal Singh resident of Magarmal Bagh
presently residing in Nai
Basti Jammu was the real
heir.
The information that surfaced under RTI Act has
now revealed that Ajab
Singh was never a resident
of Jammu and Kashmir
and he is not even registered in Migrant list.
Ironically, Ajab Singh sold
land comprised of 6 kanals
and 14 marlas including
two houses for Crores of
rupees to few Kashmiri
people after providing
See Land Scandal on Pg. 11

try; trade and commerce
should be symbiotic in nature. “While unit holders
get facilitated and helped
through the package of incentives to earn handsome
returns, the generation of
jobs for locals in these units

Pesky power cuts

should necessarily reflect
in the growth and development of trade, commerce
and industries in the State”,
he added.
Chairing 24th Industrial
Advisory Committee
See CM on Pg. 11

Coaching centres association of Kashmir (CCA) has
condemned the Jammu and
Kashmir Public Service
Commission for not revealing the answer keys of the
recently declared result of
Kashmir Administrative
Service Preliminary examination.
The association termed it as
tantamount to covering-up
any wrongdoings going on
in the commission.
“The recently declared result had shown the cutoff
marks for the selection as
288.57,” said G N Var,
See CCA on Pg. 11

Kashmiri drivers
seek justice

Shutdown and demos
in Tral against PDD ‘Will retaliate if justice not delivered’

Tral, October 24:
Amid complete shutdown, people in South
Kashmir’s Tral town
Thursday came out
on streets and blocked
roads, against the erratic power supply.
People staged protests
in large numbers and
raised anti-PDD and
anti government slogans.
The protesters, reports
said, also blocked vital
road links for several
hours bringing the
traffic to halt. Though,
district
administration tried hard to con-

Accommodation provided to blue-eyed only
become quite common in recent
times rules are being flouted for
the personal interests.
President, Kashmir University
Teachers Association (KUTA),
Professor Muhammad Yousuf
Ganaie confirmed to CNS that
accommodation was provided
to blue-eyed persons and norms
were violated by the previous Allotment Committees. He, however said that new Allotment Committees constituted by University
have provided accommodation to
the staff on the basis of merit and
there is no scope of fraud in the
allotments.
“I am also a part of the new Al-

‘murky’ KAS
prelim result

Srinagar, October 24:

Height of nepotism in Kashmir University
Scores of Teaching and NonTeaching staff members of Kashmir University Thursday alleged
that the University top brass are
providing accommodation to
their blue-eyed persons, without
the consent of the constituted
committees.
One of the senior professors of Social Science subject to anonymity
told CNS that every year, the University constitutes two allotment
committees for providing accommodation to Teaching and Nonteaching employees under rules
and regulations. However, it has

The Prime Minister who
left back home this afternoon after a two-nation
visit said, maintaining
peace and tranquillity in
the India-China border
region has been the cornerstone of the bilateral

Fixes three months time period for its formulation

According to reports in
2011 then Divisional Commissioner Kashmir vide
order number 14-17/SQ/
MLA/2139/MR constituted
a committee headed by
then ADC Srinagar to ascertain the facts about the
deserted land located at
Magarmal Bagh Srinagar.
The Committee was directed to find out the real heirs
of the owner of the land
General Sahab Bhadur.
Surprisingly, out of 8 persons who claimed to be
real heirs of land owner,
the committee declared
that person the real heir
of General Bhadur who
was a non-state subject.

Srinagar, October 24:

security. He said, India
has welcomed President
Xi Jinping’s concept of a
new type of great power
relations.

CM for comprehensive Trade Policy CCA condemns

Non-state subject was declared
the heir of land owner
It has come to fore that
a non-State Subject after
fraudulently
acquiring
the Permanent Resident
Certificate from Revenue
department sold the property of third party worth
Crores of rupees to few
Kashmiri people.
The information surfaced
under Right to Information Act has revealed one
Ajab Singh son of late Gopal Singh claiming the real
owner of a large chunk of
land in Magarmal Bagh
Srinagar was never a permanent resident of Jammu
and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India
and China should show
sensitivity to each other’s
interests and sovereignty
and move quickly to resolve the boundary issue.
Addressing Communist
Party Central School in
Beijing today, he outlined
seven principles of engagement for closer cooperation between the two
countries. He said, old
theories of alliances and
containment are no longer relevant. In his seven
principles of engagement, Dr Singh called for
reaffirming unwavering
commitment to the principles of Panchsheel and
conduct the bilateral relationship in a spirit of
mutual respect and equal

fice has yet not received
any answer from the office of the Prime Minister,” party sources close
to Omar told Kashmir
News Service.
Talking to Kashmir
News Service (KNS),
Peoples’
Democratic
Party (PDP) spokesman
Naeem Akhtar said that
the response that still
has not been issued to
the chief Minster’s letter vindicates that the
New Delhi has two standards, one for the state
of Jammu and Kashmir
and another for outside
the state.
Akhtar further stated
that the Government of
India (GOI) should have
See Summon on Pg. 11

lotment Committee and this
Committee has not violated any
norms. But it is a fact that before
the constitution of this new allotment committee, rules had been
flouted and those persons were
provided accommodation who
were not deserving,” president
KUTA said.
A visibly disappointed Assistant
Professor of Science Faculty, who
is residing outside the campus in
rented accommodation from last
3 years told CNS that a Senior
Assistant Professor working in
Hindi Department played the minority card and was allotted
See Nepotism on Pg. 11

vince people to call off
the protests but people
remained defiant.
The protestors alleged that from past
many days there is
no electricity in Tral
town while some of
the area’s in the town
are witnessing pesky
power cuts which has
become a sources of irritation for the general
public.
The people besides frequent power cuts were
also protesting against
PDD for overcharging
the customers. “We
held protest
See Power Cuts on Pg. 11

Srinagar, October 24:
Kashmiri drivers thrashed
in Ladakh at the hands
of Ladakh Taxi Operators Cooperative Limited
(LTOCL) members Thursday threatened that they
would retaliate and would
not allow any Ladakhi
driver to ply in Kashmir
if government fails to take
stern action against the
Buddhist attackers.
“Kashmiri’s are being discriminated
everywhere
and their rights and voice
is muzzled through the
barrel of gun and lathi.
We fail to understand why
Ladakh police did not take

action against those goons
who attacked and thrashed
us in Ladakh,” one of drivers told CNS.
The Kashmiri drivers said
if the government will not
arrest the goons and compensate them then they
would teach every Ladakhi a lesson in Kashmir.
“We are being forced to resort to violence though we
want to earn our living by
peaceful means. Government always talks high of
equitable development but
when it comes to equality
in real terms, same government discriminate people of Kashmir on all
See Drivers on Pg. 11

Chief Justice inaugurates Munsif
Court Complex Pampore
Pampore, October 24:
Chief Justice of Jammu
and Kashmir High Court,
Justice M.M. Kumar today inaugurated the new
Munsif Court Complex at
Pampore, being constructed at an estimated cost of
Rs 3.65 crore.
Under the 1st phase of construction, Rs 2.40 crore has
already been expended
on the court complex and
residential quarters for
the judicial officers. Under Phase 2nd, Lawyers
Chambers, Canteen and
Bar Room would be con-

structed.
On the occasion, the Chief
Justice directed district

administration and JKPCC to construct separate
See Chief Justice on Pg. 11

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11 Friday, 25 October 2013
From Front Page........

Summon.........

taken the cognizance of Gen Singh’s remarks itself and that
the instead the state politicians raise concerns but the
response from GoI is not ‘satisfactory’. “When have they
(GoI) responded to the concerns of the state government; it
is not only the question of Chief Minister’s letter,” said
Akhtar while adding that the GoI should not undermine the
resolutions passed by the state assembly about retired Gen.
Singh.
Additional General Secretary National Conference (NC)
Dr Mustafa Kamal while expressing optimism that the
letter shot by Omar shall be answered in near future and
that the GoI would thoroughly look into retired Gen.
Singh’s remarks. “They will respond to the resolution
passed by the state assembly about retired Gen Singh and
that the matter is being followed seriously”
Meanwhile the recently held meeting of the privilege
committee of Legislative Council has, according to
sources, not sought any clarification from the former army
general but has demanded a thorough investigation on his
remarks about army funding to Jammu and Kashmir
mainstream politicians.

PM.........

The Prime Minister was received with a standing ovation
and his speech on India, China - A New Era was given a
huge round of applause by the audience. The Prime
Minister is leaving for New Delhi this evening after a
successful visit of China which witnessed signing of nine
agreements, including two most important ones relating to
border defence cooperation and management of transborder rivers. Today Dr. Manmohan Singh had the
privilege of addressing future leaders of Communist Party
of China at the party’s Central School in Beijing. In his
speech as well as during the question-answer session, he
repeatedly stressed on maintenance of peace and tranquility on the borders on which India-China relations can
progress further. He said, India and China are not rivals but
partners in progress. The Prime Minister also said there is
enough space in the world for the two countries to pursue
their aspirations without affecting the other adversely.

Govt Granted.........

committee comprising of additional commissioner
Kashmir, vice chairman Srinagar Development Authority
(SDA), commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation
(SMC), DC Srinagar, Chief Engineer Roads and Buildings
and Special Secretary Housing and Urban Development
was submitted to the government in time but the reason
why this report was shelved and no follow-up action taken
on the recommendations is best known to the authorities.
“This report says that almost all automobile showrooms in
city especially set up on Nowgam bypass road have come
up in gross violation of master plan norms. Owner of an
automobile showroom in this area had got permission for
establishing a poultry farm. Instead of establishing a
poultry farm, he raised an automobile showroom and a
service station using the same permission,” sources had
told KNS.

CM..........

meeting here, the Chief Minister said that development of
handicrafts, handlooms and artisans associated with
various handicrafts in the State need focused attention to
help them improve their lot and contribute positively in the
economic welfare of the State.
The meeting discussed in detail the matters relating to 3 %
interest subsidy to the industrial units, brand promotion,
extension of Government of India incentives, VAT refund,
extension of VAT remission, toll tax exemption, power
infrastructure improvement, issues relating to Pollution
Control Board, creation of industrial infrastructure,
marketing support, role of JKDFC for development of
MSME sector in J&K, on-line registration, setting up of
new industrial units etc.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister, Tara
Chand, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey,
Economic Advisor to the Government, Jalil Ahmad Khan,
Principal Secretary, Planning and Development, B. R.
Sharma, Chairman Pollution Control Board, Vinod
Ranjan, Principal Secretary Finance, B. B. Vyas, various
Commissioner Secretaries, Administrative Secretaries and
Commissioner Secretary Industries Department, Farooq
Ahmad Factoo.
The Commissioner Secretary Industries gave resume of the
major headway achieved in the industrial sector. He said
presently 29,000 industrial units are functional in the State
generating employment for 1.32 lakh persons. He said 15
Industrial Estates with 34,000 kanals have been established in the State and more 6,700 kanals are being brought
under new Industrial Estates. He said 3.5 lakh artisans are
associated with handicrafts sector and the export of
handicraft items has touched Rs. 1538 crore.

CCA.........

chairman CCA. “But there are hundreds of students who
after tallying their answer sheets easily get marks above
300, so somewhere somebody has goofed up,” a statement
issued to Kashmir News Service said. Var asked the
authorities to immediately release the answer keys for the
KAS preliminary examinations so that no doubt remains
among the anxious students. The association said that KAS
is the most prestigious examination of the state and
thousands of students study hard to qualify this once-intheir lifetime examination. “The commission should value
the emotions and hard labour of the majority of 20,236
youths, who spent nights for this examination this year,”
said Var, according to the statement received by KNS.
“Unfortunately the commission is treating these answer
keys as some defence secret,” said Var. The association
said that the situation becomes murkier as the allegations of
backdoor entry and nepotism runs high.”Transparency is
the only solution to this problem, once you don’t hide
anything, there is lesser chances of corruption,” said Var.
The association also expressed concern on the reports that
majority of students come from some particular subjects.
“This is a skewed result, proving to be one of the worst, on
the scale of cleanliness,” said Var. “On one hand about
thousand students are selected from a particular stream and
on the other hand no students have been selected from other

Daily
subjects.”
The optional subject has become a matter of great
concern. Var said that it violates the fundamental right
of equal opportunities, which needs to be redressed
soon. “Some students are even contemplating RTI and
going to court,” said Var. “So the commission should
first clear the doubts for once and all and then go for
mains examination.”

Drivers........

fronts,” the drivers said. They warned that in near future
they would not allow any Ladakhi driver to ply in
Kashmir. Pertinently, Kashmiri drivers Wednesday
alleged that their vehicles were damaged while they
also received injuries in an attack upon them by
members of Ladakh Taxi Operators Cooperative
Limited (LTOCL) in Leh market.

Power Cuts........

demonstrations few days back too but the authorities
assured us that the power supply will be restored soon
and we called off the protests,” the villagers told CNS.
They said that, however, after the assurance of the
administration the power supply in their areas has
worsened and few of the villages are completely reeling
under darkness.
Traders Federation and Youth Welfare Forum Tral had
called for a complete shutdown against the nonavailability of electricity in the town. Roads wore a
deserted look while schools and other business
establishments remained shut. One of the members of
Traders Federation said that if PDD fails to improve the
situation then they would go for indefinite strike.
Meanwhile, PDD officials assured people that 18 hours
electricity would be made available to them while the
duration for curtailment would be only 6 hours.

Land Scandal.........

them fake attorneys. Holding Revenue officials
responsible for all this mess, one of persons who
purchased chunk of property from Ajab Singh said that
how come he was given the permanent resident
certificate without verifying the facts.
Soon after these revelations, the District
Administration has imposed a ban on the sale of the
land and has said that the land would be deemed as
government property in case no real of owner of the
land comes forward.

Nepotism.........

professor’s flat (P-B) while as a liaison officer working
in the close corridors of administration, having the
same grade as equivalent to the head clerk, has been
allotted Reader’s flat,” he said adding that Deputy
Registrar has been also given professor flat (P-7).
A non-teaching staff member Abdul Rashid said it is
irony that the casual labourers (7 in number) have been
given accommodation in the main as well as in Mirza
Bagh Campus at the nominal charges of Rs 500 per
month. “On the other hand, more than 100 permanent
employees of the University are waiting for accommodation from last 5 years, said Abdul Rashid adding that
height of the nepotism is that few months back, an
orderly employee from the Department of
Biotechnology got accommodation in the Assistant
Professor’s Flat at Mirza Bagh campus, reportedly at
the behest of Dean Research.
Teachers and non teaching employees sought intervention of Chancellor Varsity to probe these allegations and
demanded that committee should be framed to indict
the guilty.
When contacted, Chairman of Allotment Committee
for Teaching Staff, Dr Professor Mushtaq Ahmed Kaw
told CNS that such things have happened in the past and
he is not responsible for this.
“These violations have taken place before I took over as
Chairman Allotment Committee, so it’s not my baby
and I don’t know anything about it,” he said.

were shifted to hospital for treatment. Mirgund police
has registered a case in this regard. In another accident,
a Recovery vehicle bearing registration number
Jk01C/1912 hit and injured a pedestrian, in the
jurisdiction of police station Baramulla. The injured
was shifted to hospital for treatment. In another
accident, a Scorpio bearing registration number
Jk03A/9372 hit and injured 10 years old Juniad Ahmad
son of Ghulam Mohi-u-Din resident of Sether on
National Highway, in the jurisdiction of Police Station
Sangam. The injured was shifted to Sub District Hospital,
Anantnag for treatment. Sangam Police has registered a
case in this regard. In another accident, an Alto car
bearing registration number Jk03D/3517 hit and injured a
pedestrian, Ali Mohammad Dar son of Abdul Ganie
resident of K.P road on K.P road, in the jurisdiction of
Police station Anantnag. The injured was shifted to
Hospital for treatment. In another accident in district
Anantnag, a pedestrian Mohammad Maqbool Bhat son of
Ghulam Mohammad resident of Balpora Yaripora was hit
and injured by an unknown vehicle at Eidgah crossing
Bijbehara. The injured was shifted to hospital for
treatment. A Motorcycle bearing registration number
Jk09/9881 meet with an accident at Lachipora in the
jurisdiction of Police station Handwara, resulting in
injuries to motorcyclist and two pillions. All the injured
were shifted to hospital for treatment. Handwara Police
has registered a case in this regard.

ZABARWAN TIMES

Division Bench of High Court dismisses
PIL on construction of Raj Bagh Bridge
Srinagar, October 24: The Division ted to challenge the policy decision. consideration is whether the petitionBench of High Court of Jammu and The plea about the viability of the ers are really espousing a public cause
Kashmir comprising Chief Justice, bridge or its location and its technical in the petition. The contents of the
Justice M. M. Kumar and Justice Ali aspects cannot be allowed to be petition overwhelmingly make it
Mohammad Magrey has dismissed raised by those who, admittedly, axiomatic that the petitioners have
the petition seeking to challenge the have no know how about the absolutely no public interest. Their
decision of the government relating engineering aspects of the matter. endeavor, acting as proxy, is to protect
to construction of a bridge over River The Court in its judgment has also the so-called interests of the School
Jehlum near the Presentation observed that many private schools without minding about the larger
Convent School, Raj Bagh. The like Mallinson, (girls) school, Biscoe interests of the populace. The
Government in its response had school, Burn Hall school and Delhi environmental and ecological
contended that the construction of Public School are all located in built concerns sought to be raised are
the bridge was envisaged in the up areas which have continuous flow merely aimed at giving this petition a
Master Plan 1971-91 and that the of traffic and movement of large colour of public interest litigation”,
project cannot be construed to number of people, but they do not the Court said. While dismissing the
contravene any provision of the hinder any development work petitions, the Court observed that no
Master Plan. Moreover, 30 percent of undertaken around these schools, nor grounds have been found to entertain
the work on the bridge has already do they complain of any disturbance the petition and dismissed it along
been completed and Rs 9.91 crore in studies or raise any security with the connected CMPs with cost of
stands expended. The Court in its concerns. The Court also observed Rs. 50,000 to be equally borne by the
judgment has observed that when a that the concerns regarding environ- petitioners and paid within one
project is undertaken and crores of ment and ecology raised by the month. The costs of realization have
public money is spent, the petitioner petitioners are not genuine. “The been ordered to be deposited in the
in the garb of PIL cannot be permit- fundamental question that arises for legal aid fund of the High Court.

Govt to regularize 1st
batch of EVs as GLTs
Srinagar, October 24: After
rendering painstaking
services for over seven
consecutive years, the first
batch comprising of over a
t housand Education
Volunteers (EVs) is all set to
get regularized as General
Line Teachers (GLTs) in a
few days. The state
government is scheduled to
issue orders of regularization at a function that will be
organized by the directorate
of school education
Kashmir.
“Since my department will
organize a function in
Srinagar, I will have to return
Valley for distribution of
these orders. Over 1200
regularization orders of EVs
turned into ReTs will be
distributed,” Tara Chand,
deputy chief minister who
hold education portfolio as
well told KNS.
The EVs have been
appointed under the SSA
Scheme in 2002-2003 and
were yet to be regularized,
despite repeated contacts
made with the government.
After their appointment,

EVs were supposed to hire a
building for providing basic
education to students from
1st primary to 5th standard.
An Education Volunteer gets
Rs 1000 as monthly
honorarium for his services.
There are examples where
EVs have rendered over
eight to nine years of service
before being regularized as
Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReTs).
Under the said scheme the
volunteer was supposed to
be regularized after a period
of 2 years by the State
Government, but many a
examples are being quoted
EVs where they were
regularized as ReTs after
giving consecutive services
of over four years. The
scheme was implemented in
Jammu and Kashmir in
2002-03. For habitation as a
unit of planning, the state
government had sanctioned
the Education Guarantee
Centers (EGS) to the
reserved habitations and
appointed EVs in these
centers following the same
norms applied to appointment of ReTs.

Promotions in police department

Hundreds of policemen
awaits Cabinet nod

Srinagar, October 24:
Hundreds of policemen
proposed to be promoted on
the basis of seniority are
waiting for the nod from the
Cabinet. Even after the
expiry of three years,
Cabinet has not taken any
decision in this regard.
Sources told CNS that
government had decided to
promote hundreds of
policemen in police
department on seniority
basis. Though all the
formalities have been
completed but State Cabinet
has not come up with any
decision in this regard.
Scores of policemen told
CNS that it is unfortunate
that despite serving the

State round the clock, the
government is insensitive
towards their problems.
“Revenue officials went for
strike for a month and the
government bowed before
them and fulfilled their
demands. It is unfortunate
that we cannot go for an
indefinite strike like them,”
one of the policeman said.
They said that Director
General of Police had met
Chief Secretary in this
regard who had assured him
that he would take up the
matter with Finance
Minister Abdul Rahim
Rather. Despite repeated
attempts the Chief
Secretary could not be
contacted.

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vide this office No: CEO/Estt/NT/8300-01 Dated: 15/10/2013 and the same was published in "Srinagar
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Whereas, the period for inviting objection was given for 07 days from the date of issuance of notification in
the newspapers.
Whereas, this office received an objection from one Mr. Ab. Hameed Wani purportedly a social activist has
objected that the period given in the notification is insufficient.
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regard.
Mr. Mir further said that special thrust is
Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam to be given for cultivation of Maize during
Hassan Mir along with Minister of State for the year 2014. Minister of State for Animal
Agriculture, Horticulture and Floriculture & Sheep Husbandry, Mr. Gurezi emphasized
Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gurezi today inaugurated on necessity of introducing the latest techMega Kisan Mela-cum-Exhibition organized nology in all productive sectors like Agriculby the department of Agriculture Produc- ture, Horticulture, Sericulture and livestock
tion, Kashmir. at Lal Mandi Srinagar.
with the view to increase the socio-economAddressing the gathering, the Minister ic conditions of the farming community. He
for Agriculture Mr. Mir impressed upon said this is the only key source to ensure
farmers to adopt latest modern technology economic growth of the State in general and
and mechanization in agriculture sector to farming community in particular.
bring the cost of labour component down
Mr. Gurezi said that several welfare
and yield good results in cultivation, helps schemes have been launched by the govthe farming community to upliftment in ernment for benefit of the farmers, adding
their economy. He advised farmers to coor- that the government under the dynamic
dinate with agriculture department for suc- leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
cessful implementation of farmer friendly is committed for upliftment of the weaker
schemes, and avail benefits from these sections. He said various incentives are be- kibug and Kamra in the State and in this
schemes.The Minister thanked the Prime ing given to the farmers with the aim to up- regard the Government has taken several
steps to increase its production.
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA liftment their socio-economic condition.
Vice Chancellor, SUKAST Mr. Tej Pratap
Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, for grantInteracting with the farmers and officers
also addressed the gathering and highlighting saffron package to
the News
State of
JammuKangan
of the organizing Departments,
Min- Ganderbal
Lone
Agency
Khan Newsthe
Agency
ed the latest innovative hi-byrid seeds.
and Kashmir.ReferringGulzar
to the News
achievements
isters said that conducting
Melas
will
Agency Soura
Zahidsuch
Book
Depot
Chadoora
The Director Agriculture Kashmir Mushregistered under establishment of kitchen generally help in transferring technology at
News AgencyofHawal
Agency Nowhatta
taq Peerzada also spoke on the occasion and
gardens, Mr. Mir said Tariq
that establishment
the gross root level to Bashir
farmers.News
The Minister
Alifixed
News
Agency
Alamgari
Bazar to
Budshah
News Agency
Lal Chowkthe activities of the department.
3000 kitchen gardensMuzaffar
have been
tarappealed
the people
come forward
and highlighted
He
the role of farmers in the
get for next financialAbdullah
year. He stressed
for
take
benefit
of
the
schemes
launched
by
the
News Agency Lal Chowk
Sikendar News Agency Lalappreciated
Chowk
upliftment of agriculture & allied sectors.
increase in productionGupkari
of Honey
and Agency
asked Lal
Government
and its
allied Gund
News
Chowk under Agriculture
Raina News
Agency
Kangan
the Agriculture to see the bottlenecks in this sectors. He said need is to revive the Mush- He asked farmers to participate in Melas

foundation stone of WussanAglar water supply scheme at
Pattan here on Thursday.
The scheme is being implemented at the estimated cost of
Rs 8.07 crore, which would be
completed by 2016 under which
villages Aglar, Wussan, Goshbugh and Loolipora shall have
new source and new water supply related infrastructure.
Chief Engineer, PHE, Kashmir, Mr Lankar, Chief Engineer
Irrigation and Flood Control, Mr.
Mir Javaid Jaffar, Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Mr. Zargar,
Former Member Parliament, Mr.
A.R Shaheen, Mir Mushtaq Ahmad and officers of PHE besides large
number of people and public representatives were present on the occasion.
On the occasion, Mr. Sham said that
to provide basic amenities including
adequate drinking water to people at
every corner of the State is government’s commitment and number of
schemes have been already imple-

Mr. Sham said Central government
is providing liberal funding to the J&K
State and it is the responsibility of officers to make judicious and efficient use
of it. He urged upon officers to perform
their duties with more zeal and enthusiasm, so that people are benefited to
maximum. He also enjoined upon the
officers to expedite the Wussan-Aglar

rimonial relations will not
break because of scarcity of
water in the area
Mr. Mohammad Akbar
Lone in his address, said that
present coalition government
led by Chief Minister, Mr.
Omar Abdullah has launched
number of schemes aimed
at welfare and prosperity of
people and have prioritised
providing basic amenities
including adequate drinking
water. He said people should
come forward and take active
role to strengthening of democratic setup, so that they
are able to take maximum
benefit of such schemes. Mr. Lone also
stressed upon officers to put focus on
public needs and redress their genuine
problems on priority.
Earlier, Both the Ministers visited
Naidkhai Sumbal and took stock of pace
and progress of work being executed
on Rs. 1.28 crore Gulshanpora- Noorpora Water Supply scheme.

Academy awards excellence in theatre, painting

Farooq, Shafia bag best actor, Ayash best director
award; Badrun Nisa, Falak get first prize in painting
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 24:
J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages
today awarded theatre persons and budding
artists for display of their talent in the Annual Theatre Festival and the Children’s On the
Spot Painting Competition held earlier here.
The awards were presented by Atal
Dulloo, Principal Secretary to Government,
Tourism & Culture. Secretary Academy, Khalid Bashir Ahmad, Director Doordarshan
Kendra, Jammu, Shabir Mujahid, prominent
theatre persons, writers and lovers of performing and fine art were present.
The pass outs of the 3-year Calligraphy
Course-2012-13 conducted by the Academy
were also presented certificates.
The Theatre Festival was held from June 3
to 11, 2013 while the Children’s On the Spot
Painting Competition was held on August 29,
2013.
Speaking on the occasion, Atal Dulloo
described events like theatre festival and
painting competition as significant efforts
towards the development and promotion of

performing and fine art in the State. He said
such competitions provide an opportunity to
participants to hone their talent and perform
before a large audience. He said that the government was according due priority to the
development of art, culture and literature
and referred to the activities undertaken by
the Academy in these sectors.
Dulloo congratulated the award winning
performers and young artists for their work
and hoped that the honour would encourage
them to perform better in future. He appreciated the Academy for holding important cultural events and honouring the local talent in
different fields.
Director Doordarshan Kendra, Jammu,
Shabir Mujahid also spoke on the occssion.
In his address, Khalid Bashir Ahmad said
that the Theatre Festival in Kashmir was revived after a gap of four years and received
appreciation from local theatre fraternity.
He said by holding the Festival the performing artists get an opportunity to harness and
exhibit their talent. The activity also helps in
the promotion of this important art form.

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 24To discuss establishment of Transworld Muslim University, Sheikh-ulAlam Research University and Guru
Nanak Dev Khalsa University in the
State, a meeting of the Select Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative
Council was held here this morning.
Member Legislative Council,
Mr Devender Singh Rana, who is Chairman of the Committee, presided over
the meeting while MLCs Mr B R Kundal,
Ravinder Kumar Sharma and Syed Asgar Ali were present.At the outset the
members sought information with regard to procedures and parameters in
vogue for establishment of Universities and ways and means thereof. The
Committee held a detailed discussion

on different aspects with regard to setting up of these varsities in the private
sector while appreciating the crucial
need for expanding the outreach of
higher learning across the state in view
of larger number of students, especially
belonging to far off pockets, evincing
keen interest in shaping their academic
career in a big way. The panel observed
that the participation of private players in this effort should be encouraged,
saying this is imperative to supplement
the governmental endeavours in making available quality and standard education to the reach of students belonging to
various segments of the society. However,
the members said that there should be no
compromise on norms to ensure highest
standards of education with an effective
oversight mechanism.

The issues like management of Universities and control of the government
over these institutions came under thorough discussion. The members observed
that before establishment of such institutions, it is necessary to have a thorough
view of the infrastructural facilities being put in place and the financial backup
thereof. The Committee felt that there
was need for adhering the prescribed
guidelines in this regard which need to be
laid out after due diligence.
The Committee, in particular, felt the necessity
of upgraded infrastructural facilities for
raising the intake capacity of higher educational institutions in view of growing
number of students. The stress, however,
should be on introducing job oriented
courses which are relevant to the job
market, the Committee observed.

You’re apt to be drawn to lively and exciting things today.
Dramatic and dynamic activities are the ones that you’ll be
most comfortable with. If you’re in a boring situation, think
about ways you can spice it up. Throw a wrench in the conversation to see how people react.

You may have to take major action today in order to defend your position. Your current mindset has brought you to
a certain point and now you’re faced with having to defend
that point. It may feel like the school bully is demanding
your lunch money. Don’t give in without a fight. The bully is
just as frightened of you as you are of him.

Gemini
and Awareness Camps organized by the Department to remain updated with the latest
technology and farm machinery.
Later, Chief Agriculture Officer Srinagar presented vote of thanks.
Among others, Director Command Area,
Kashmir, Director Horticulture Kashmir, Director Enforcement, Director H&PM, Managing Director, Agro Industries, officers and
field functionaries of the department, besides large number of farmers were present
on these occasion.

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 24: In order to enhance
the working and accommodation facilities to its
jawans and officers, Jammu and Kashmir Police has
been focussing to upgrade the building infrastructure
across the State besides other components. The activities have been continuing under the modernization
programme of the Organization.
This was disclosed by Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. Ashok Prasad while commissioning the
alternate accommodation at different places in South
Kashmir today. He said that among other components, the Organization has strengthened its building
infrastructure at various places providing upgraded
living and working atmosphere to its personnel. He
said the volume of the department has swelled in the
recent years and the area of responsibilities have also
increased demanding upgrading of the various facilities more-so at the working places.
Mr. Prasad, during his visit to the districts of
South Kashmir, inaugurated nine new 5-storey buildings at Pulwama, Shopian, Kheribal Mattan,Uranhall
Anantnag and Awantipur. He said our aim is to enhance day-to-day functioning of the force and to
provide better policing services to the people of the
State. “Men in uniform remain always busy in people’s
service and it is their prime responsibility to provide
efficient service to the citizens”, he asserted.
The DGP was briefed about the engineering methods and material used in the construction of
these structures. He was informed that with the completion of these buildings, a large number of personnel would be accommodated. He emphasized upon
the executing agencies to use latest techniques in the
constructions to achieve better results.

A group of 33 farmers and 2 officers representing different districts of Jammu Division today left for participation in “Global
Agri Connect-2013” being organized by National Skills Foundation of India (NSFI) in association with Indian Agriculture Research
Institute (IARI) at its Campus New Delhi .
The farmers tour organized under
Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) was flagged off by Director Agriculture Jammu, Ajay Khajuria, from Krishi
Bhawan, Directorate of Agriculture.
The theme of Global Agri Connect-2013 is “Evolving Skill Dimensions:
The Lever to Agriculture Growth”, while
the major focus of the “Krishi Goshti” will
be to import the technology involved in
increasing the additional income of farmers through skill development and training
activity.
About 40000 farmers from across
the country and 900 experts/delegates from
Govt. Organizations, Corporate sector and
NGO’s are expected to attend the event.
Director Agriculture Jammu, while

interacting with the farmers said that the
Participatory Tour which was being organized under ATMA has specific objectives
of acquainting the farmers with Commercial Agriculture by transforming them into
entrepreneurs, introducing of new technology and dissemination of information, commodity trading and high tech ware-housing. He added that there was a great need
to modernize the agriculture to make it
more profitable and sustainable. He further
disclosed that the farmers will also be acquainted with the practical demonstration
on advanced crop cultivation in protected
conditions, use of low cost silos for storage
of produce, using spot market in commodity exchange, demonstration on utilization
of crop insurance and market linkages. He
advised them to participate whole heartedly in the programme to reap the benefit
of the exposure visit.
Joint Director Agriculture Extension, Dr. S.S Jamwal also interacted with the
farmers at the occasion and called upon
them to acquire the latest knowledge about
agriculture and allied activities after attending the Agri Connect.

Member of Legislative Council Subash Gupta today inaugurated a three day free eye check up camp here at Sub
District Hospital Hiranagar, organized by Health Department in collaboration with Jai Baba Neel Kanth Seva Mandal, a social organization.
In his inaugural address, the MLC said that the
Government was committed to provide better healthcare
to the people at their doorsteps and for the purpose Health
Department is organizing a series of Health camps and
Melas in remote and hilly areas. Gupta appreciated Mandal for serving the poor and needy people, who have not
enough money to travel outside the state for treatment.
He hoped that the camp will provide best possible services
to the people.
BMO Hiranagar Omkar Nath, Dr. Rashmi
Gupta, Dr. Iffat, Dr. Laffi, Sham Sunder Gupta, Satya Pathak,
Khalif Husain, Ram Rattan Sharma, Tirath Ram Sharma,
Bishambar Singh, Bishan Singh Jasrotia,Kulwant Singh, K.C.
Bhagat, Ram Krishan, Rakesh Sharma, Chairman Devinder
Verma, Bansi Lal, Lambadar, President Ashok Tadia and
other prominent citizen present on the occasion.

May 21-June 21

The more action you take today, the bigger the hole
you’re apt to dig for yourself. You could be engaged in one
of those situations in which you say one thing and then are
forced to stretch the truth or outright lie in order to defend
your point. You’re then put in a very vulnerable position. Try
your best to avoid this trap.

Cancer
June 22-July 22

Your thinking is right in line with the group dynamic today, and you’ll find working with a team to be extremely rewarding. The more you express your thoughts to the group,
the more physical support you’ll receive for your work. You’ll
find that your actions are diplomatic and you’re able to see
both sides of issues. Your decisions are fair and honest.

Leo

July 23-August 22
No matter how many maps you look at and how many
times you stop and ask for directions, you’ll still be unsure
which road to take. All routes have appeal, and you don’t
want to miss any sights along the way to your destination.
Remember that this isn’t the last time that you’ll be traveling. You can always try a different route next time.

Virgo

August 23-September 22

Your well-considered actions will be effective today.
There’s strength in your mental power. You shouldn’t hesitate to direct others toward avenues that would be good for
them. You have the vision to see things that other people
might not notice. People may not be able to see something in
front of them even if they’re about to crash into it!

Libra

September 23-October 23
Indulge in a day of laughter. Things get much more serious tomorrow, so use today to have some fun before it comes
time to get down to business. If you don’t join in with the
happy-go-lucky attitude, you may get seriously depressed
when you feel yourself slipping out of sync with everyone
around you who’s jolly and bright.

Scorpio

October 24-November 21
Share your thoughts with those who can help execute
them today. If you have something that needs to be moved,
don’t try to do it by yourself. Ask around for someone with
the vehicle or tools you need to get it to where it needs to go.
You have the resources available to you. All you need to do is
ask in order to set the gears in motion.

Sagittarius
November 22-December 21

Try not to get too caught up in trying to penetrate to the
core of everything today. Enjoy the simple pleasures that are
free. Be entertained by a bug walking on your windowsill.
See trees as art. See the shapes and colors around you. Don’t
view things as annoyances. Most of the time the things you
shun are those that can teach you the most.

Capricorn
December 22-January 19

There’s a fast-paced energy in the air that suggests a dramatic change of some sort in your life. Things may not go so
well for you if you fail to notice the opportunities open to
you. You may not need to work so hard simply because so
many things are going your way. Consider ways in which you
can prepare for the future. The good times won’t last forever.

Aquarius
January 20-February 18

Your mind may be playing tricks on you, so it isn’t necessarily in your best interests to trust your perceptions completely. Consider other methods of solving problems that
confront you. If you have fun with a situation, the solution
will find its way into your hands easily. You shouldn’t have to
work especially hard to make things happen for you today.

Pisces

February 19-March 20
Today may be one of your last chances to say what you
want about a certain situation. Take advantage of the opportunity to get your words out. Your thoughts may be quite
progressive, so use this forward-thinking attitude to break
new ground in your project. You’ll be rewarded accordingly
for your efforts.

Editorial/Opinion
The Daily

Zabarwan Times
Friday, 25 October 2013

Provision of employment a daunting task

T

he rising unemployment in
educated youth is becoming
a big challenge for the state
government which has
limited resources to cope up with the
situation. As the state has no big
industries, no corporate houses hence
all the dependence of providing
employment comes on the shoulders
of the governmental sector which is
already economically fragile and
weak. There are over seven lakh
unemployed youth in the state who
are eagerly waiting to get some kind
of employment so as to make both
ends meet. The state can provide
employment to merely twenty five
thousand youth a year and if one goes
by rough figures, about fifty thousand
youth complete their courses every
year in different educational, professional, skilled and semi skilled
streams which means that the backlog
of unemployed youth goes up by
twenty five thousand in one year. If
the trend continues the number of
unemployed youth will rise to a proportion where it will be almost impossible to tackle the gigantic task. As
already mentioned above the state
lacks resources which could be used
to put in place a mechanism for solving unemployment problem. The big
hurdle in the state for establishing
heavy industries is the worrying
environmental aspect. The state
particularly the Kashmir valley can
hardly afford industrial pollution
which can destroy the natural wealth
of the state for which it is famous all
over the world. There has been a
continuous agitation by the state
employees for enhancement of retirement age from fifty eight years to
sixty years but the state government
has not exceeded to this demand
because if it is done, it will hamper
further the opportunities of getting
employment for these lakhs of educated youth. It is unfortunate that the
earlier governments have not given
any attention towards providing
professional and skilled education to
our youth. It is because of this that the
number of the unemployed increased
with every passing year as they could
not go for self employment by establishing their own employment generation units or could get accommodated in those institutions where
skilled professionals in thousands are
in need. The dependence on government jobs has also increased because
of narrow social thinking which
compels the youth to strive for a
government job than a private one. It
is imperative and foremost for the
government to formulate a meticulous employment policy so that more
youth are accommodated, they are not
subjected to frustration and in future
they are made professionals and
skilled than a mere qualified one's.

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Friday, 25 October 2013

PHYSIOGRAPHY OF WATER

ndia is a land of many rivers and
mountains. Its geographical area of
about 329 MHa is criss-crossed by a
large number of small and big rivers,
some of them figuring amongst the
mighty rivers of the world. The rivers and
mountains have a greater significance in
the history of Indian cultural development, religious and spiritual life. It may
not be an exaggeration to say that the
rivers are the heart and soul of Indian life.
India is a union of States with a federal set
up. Politically, the country is divided into
28 States and 7 Union Territories. A major
p a r t o f I n d i a ’s p o p u l a t i o n o f
1,027,015,247 (2001 census) is rural and
agriculturally oriented for whom the
rivers are the source of their prosperity.
Physiography
Physiographically, India may be divided
into seven well defined regions. These
are:
The Northern Mountains, comprising the
mighty Himalayan ranges The Great
Plains traversed by the Indus and Ganga
Brahmaputra river systems. As much as
one third of this lies in the arid zone of
western Rajasthan. The remaining area is
mostly fertile plains;
The Central Highlands, consisting of a
wide belt of hills running east-west
starting from Aravalli ranges in the west
and terminating in a steep escarpment in
the east. The area lies between the Great
Plains and the Deccan Plateau;
The Peninsular Plateaus comprising the
Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, North
Deccan Plateau, South Deccan Plateau
and Eastern Plateau;
The East Coast, a belt of land of about
100-130 km wide, bordering the Bay of
Bengal land lying to the east of the
Eastern Ghats;
The West Coast, a narrow belt of land of
about 10-25 km wide, bordering the
Arabian Sea and lying to the west of the
Western Ghats, and;
The islands, comprising the coral islands
of Lakshadeep in Arabian Sea and
Andaman and Nicobar Islands of the Bay
of Bengal.
Climate
The presence of the great mountain mass
formed by the Himalayas and its spurs on
the North and of the ocean on the South
are the two major influences operating on
the climate of India. The first poses an
impenetrable barrier to the influence of
cold winds from central Asia, and gives
the sub-continent the elements of tropical
type of climate. The second, which is the

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source of cool moisture-laden winds
reaching India, gives it the elements of the
oceanic type of climate.
India has a very great diversity and
variety of climate and an even greater
variety of weather conditions. The
climate ranges from continental to
oceanic, from extremes of heat to
extremes of cold, from extreme aridity
and negligible rainfall to excessive
humidity and torrential rainfall. It is,
therefore, necessary to avoid any
generalisation as to the prevalence of any
particular kind of climate, not only over
the country as a whole but over major
areas in it. The climatic condition
influences to a great extent the water
resources utilisation of the country.
Rainfall
Rainfall in India is dependent in differing
degrees on the South-West and NorthEast monsoons, on shallow cyclonic
depressions and disturbances and on
violent local storms which form regions
where cool humid winds the sea meet hot
dry winds from the land and occasionally
reach cyclonic dimension. Most of the
rainfall in India takes place under the
influence of South West monsoon
between June to September except in
Tamil Nadu where it is under the influence of North-East monsoon during
October and November. The rainfall in
India shows great variations, unequal
seasonal distribution, still more unequal
geographical distribution and the
frequent departures from the normal. It
generally exceeds 1000 mm in areas to
the East of Longitude 78 degree. It
extends to 2500 mm along almost the
entire West Coast and Western Ghats and
over most of Assam and Sub-Himalayan
West Bengal. On the West of the line
joining Porbandar to Delhi and thence to
Ferozpur the rainfall diminishes rapidly
from 500 mm to less than 150 mm in the
extreme west. The Peninsula has large
areas of rainfall less than 600 mm with
pockets of even 500 mm. The estimate of
area average rainfall is subjective
depending on the method adopted.
Therefore, estimates of local rainfall over
the country obtained by employing other
techniques may differ, especially in a vast
country like India.
Temperature
The variations in temperature are also
marked over the Indian sub-continent.
During the winter seasons from
November to February, due to the effect
of continental winds over most of the

country, the temperature decreases from
South to North. The mean maximum
temperature during the coldest months of
December and January varies from 29
degree centigrade in some part of the
peninsula to about 18 degree centigrade
in the North, whereas the mean minimum varies from about 24 degree
centigrade in the extreme South to
below 5 degree centigrade in the North.
From March to May is usually a period
of continuous and rapid rise of temperature. The highest temperature occurs in
North India, particularly in the desert
regions of the North-West where the
maximum may exceed 48 degree
centigrade. With the advent of South
West Monsoon in June, there is a rapid
fall in the maximum temperature in the
central portions of the country. The
temperature is almost uniform over the
area covering two thirds of the country
which gets good rain. In August, there is
a marked fall in temperature when the
monsoon retreat from North India in
September. In North-West India, in the
month of November, the mean maximum temperature is below 38 degree
centigrade and the mean minimum
below 10 degree centigrade. In the
extreme North, temperature drops
below freezing point.
Agro-Climatic Zones
The Planning Commission after
examining the earlier studies on the
regionalisation of the agricultural
economy has recommended that
agricultural planning be done on the
basis of agroclimatic regions. For
resource development, the country has
been broadly divided into fifteen
agricultural regions based on
agroclimatic features, particularly soil
type, climate including temperature and
rainfall and its variation and water
resources availability - Western
Himalayan division, Eastern Himalayan
division, Lower Gangetic plain region,
Middle Gangetic plain region, Upper
Gangetic plain region, Trans-Gangetic
plain region, Eastern plateau and hill
region, Central plateau and hill region,
Western plateau and hill region,
Southern plateau and hill region, East
coast plain and hill region, West coast
plain and hill region, Gujarat plain and
hill region, Western plain and hill region
and Island region.
Rivers
India is blessed with many rivers.
Twelve of them are classified as major

rivers whose total catchment area is
252.8 million hectare (M.Ha). Of the
major rivers, the Ganga - Brahmaputra
Meghana system is the biggest with
catchment area of about 110 M.Ha
which is more than 43 percent of the
catchment area of all the major rivers in
the country. The other major rivers with
catchment area more than 10 M.Ha are
Indus (32.1 M.Ha.), Godavari (31.3
M.Ha.), Krishna, (25.9 M.Ha.) and
Mahanadi (14.2 M.Ha). The catchment
area of medium rivers is about 25 M.Ha
and Subernarekha with (1.9 M.Ha.)
catchment area is the largest river
among the medium rivers in the country.
Water Bodies
Inland Water resources of the country
are classified as rivers and canals;
reservoirs; tanks & ponds; beels, oxbow
lakes, derelict water; and brackish
water. Other than rivers and canals, total
water bodies cover all area of about 7
M.Ha. Of the rivers and canals, Uttar
Pradesh occupies the first place with the
total length of rivers and canals as 31.2
thousand km, which is about 17 percent
of the total length of rivers and canals in
the country. Other States following
Uttar Pradesh are Jammu & Kashmir
and Madhya Pradesh. Among the
remaining forms of the inland water
resources, tanks and ponds have maximum area (2.9 M.Ha.) followed by
reservoirs (2.1 M.Ha.). Most of the area
under tanks and ponds lies in Southern
States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu. These States along with
West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh, account for 62 percent of total
area under tanks and ponds in the country.
As far as reservoirs are concerned, major
States like Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh account for larger portion of area
under reservoirs.
More than 77 percent of area under beels,
oxbow, lakes and derelict water lies in the
States of Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and
Assam. Orissa ranks first as regards the
total area of brackish water and is
followed by Gujarat, Kerala and West
Bengal.
The total area of inland water resources
is, thus, unevenly distributed over the
country with five States namely Orissa,
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and
West Bengal accounting for more than
half of the country’s inland water
bodies.

TRANS FATTY ACIDS: HARMFUL
EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH

ndia is undergoing rapid dietary
transition. High economic growth
has resulted in a burgeoning
middle-class having greater access to
commercially available foods, including
fried and baked food items. Most of
these foods contain high amounts of
Trans Fatty Acids (TFAs), particularly if
cooked in vanaspati (partially hydrogenated vegetable oils) which is often
preferred for its low cost and longer
shelf life. TFAs can adversely affect
choleste rol levels, predispose the
individual to diabetes, coronary heart
disease and may also affect many of his
body organs.
Trans fatty acids or Trans fats are the
most harmful type of fats which can
have much more adverse effects on our
body than any other dietary constituent.
These fats are largely produced artificially but a small amount also occurs
naturally thus in our diet, these may be
present as Artificial TFAs an d/ or
Natural TFAs. Artificial TFAs are
formed when hydrogen is made to react
with the oil to produce fats resembling
pure ghee/butter.
In our diet the major sources of artificial
TFAs are the partially hydrogenated
vegetable oils (PHVO)/vanaspati/
margarine while the natural TFAs are
present in meats and dairy products,
though in small amounts. TFAs pose a
h igher risk of heart disease than
saturated fats. While saturated fats raise
total cholesterol levels, TFAs not only
raise total cholesterol levels but also
reduce the good cholesterol (HDL),
which helps to protect us against heart
disease. Trans fats consumption
increases the risk of developing heart

disease and stroke. It is also associated
with a higher risk of developing obesity,
type 2 diabetes, heart disease, metabolic
syndrome, insulin resistance, infertility,
certain types of cancers and can also lead
to compromised fetal development
causing harm to the yet to be born baby.
Despite their harmful effect the reason

most harmful type of fats which can have
much more adverse effects on our body

than any other dietary constituent. These

fats are largely produced artificially but a

small amount also occurs naturally thus in

our diet, these may be present as Artificial
TFAs and/ or Natural TFAs.

why food manufacturers frequently use Strategies to limit Trans Fat intake
them because TFA containing oils can be through food is by avoiding use of
preserved longer, they give the food the “Vanaspati Ghee” or margarine in
desired shape and texture and can easily kitchen, heating the oil for very long
substitute ‘Pure ghee’. Further, these are time or re-using the same oil for frying.
comparatively far lower in cost and thus So also avoiding the use of ready to use
(instant) mixes for preparing foods as
add to profit/saving.
The most common dietary source of they have a greater chance of having
Trans fats is the partially hydrogenated Trans fats and checking the Nutrition
vegetable fat commonly known as Facts label on packaged food items for
‘Vanaspati Ghee’/Margarine. Since their TFA content if indicated. If a label
partially hydrogenated vegetable fat says “0” trans fat, it can still contain 0.5
(Vanaspati/Margarine) is rather high in grams trans fats per serving or less.
TFA, all food items prepared, baked or While some developing countries have

laid down norms for TFA content of
food, India has yet to pass/implement
the regulation regarding the TFA
containing fats or the TFA content of
commercially prepared food items.
Therefore, the responsibility lies with
th e consumers to safeguard their
interest.
Harmful Effects of Trans Fats on
Human Health
Studies across the world indicate that:
• TFA raise the VLDL, LDL-c,
Triglyceride, Lp (a) lipoprotein and Free
fatty acid levels on the other hand it
lowers the LDL-c particle size and
HDL-c levels. All these contribute to
raising the risk of heart diseases.
• Intake of partially hydrog enated
vegetable oils contributes to the risk of
myocardial infarction
• TFA promotes systemic inflammation
which increases the C-reactive protein
leading to thickening of the arteries
(atherosclerosis), diabetes, and sudden
death due to heart failure.
• TFA causes endothelial dysfunction
(by increasing circulating bio-markers
including soluble inter cellular adhesion
molecule1, soluble vascular-cell
adhesion molecule1 and E-selectin)
which is a key step in the development of
atherosclerosis
• TFA have been found to increase
insulin resistance and seem to have a
unique cardio-metabolic imprint that is
linked to insulin-resistance and metabolic-syndrome pathways.
• Consumption of trans-unsaturated
fatty acids has shown to increase the risk
for ovulatory infertility.
• TFA compromises fetal growth and
development.

Disclaimer : The contents and comments appearing in any article published in this paper are purely the personal opinion of the writer.

xactly why a key
with AMPK.Salicy- in blood glucose levels as normal
ingredient in the
late, in a form called mice.“That’’s what makes aspirin
painkiller -salicysalsalate, has also so scientifically and clinically inlate - shows such
shown
potential teresting,” said Chris Paraskeva at
potential as an anti-cancer
as a treatment for the University of Bristol, UK, who
treatment has remained
insulin-resistance
was not involved in the work.
said Strunk, who treats
unclear since long, but a
and type 2 diabetes.
“It potentially works through
children
asthma ata St.
new study in mice has ofThosewitheffects,
number of different pathways.”
Louis Children's
Hospital. The study has successfully
fered clues.
however,
seem not
"This
was surprising
beAspirin, which is one
to
be governed
by separated
aspirin’s pain-relieving
He found that those engiof the world’s oldest mediAMPK.
insu-studies,
effects from its cancer protection,
cause inWhen
previous
cines known for its anti-inflamma- neered to lack AMPK did not ex- lin-resistant mice
lackingthat
AMPK
paving the way for new anti-cancer
we found
the slower
tory and analgesic effects, rapidly perience similar metabolic effects were given salicylate,
they
drugs that have lesser side-effects
growth woulddembe tempobreaks down inside the body into from salicylate as observed in mice onstrated the same improvement than aspirin.
rary, not affecting adult
salicylate.
height. But none of those
To investigate aspirin’s unexstudies followed patients
pected side-effects, Grahame Hardie at the University of Dundee,
from the time they enUK applied salicylate to cultured
tered the study until they
human cells derived from the kidhad reached adult height,"
ney.
Strunk stated.
He discovered that the drug
Pediatric asthma specialactivated AMPK, an enzyme inists at St. Louis Children's
volved in cell growth and metabolism that has been found to play a
Hospital keep a close
role in cancer and diabetes, New
watch on the growth of
Scientist reported.
their patients who use
“This is an ancient herbal
inhaled steroids, Strunk
remedy which has probably always
said. They are measured
been part of the human diet,” said
at every visit, and phyHardie.“But despite that we’re still
finding
out
how
it
works.”
This is the finding from corticosteroid medication; eight years, height and sicians keep a growth
Co-author Greg Steinberg of
aMcMaster
comprehensive
asthma a second group received weight were measured curve.
University in Hamilton,
"If a child is not growan inhaled once or twice a year.
study,
which
has
Robert
Ontario, Canada, then
tested nedocromil,
high
non-steroid medication; The mean adult height ing as they should, we SCREEN time has overC.
Strunk,
the Donald
doses
of MD,
salicylate
on different
types of mice.Professor of and a third group received was about one-half inch, may reduce their steroid taken exercise as the most
Strominger

parently lowers a person’s chances of developing some forms of cancer.

Pediatrics at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis as the senior author.
The study involved more
than 1,000 children ages
5-12 who were treated for
mild to moderate asthma
as part of the Childhood
Asthma Management Program (CAMP) clinical trial.
The children received
treatment for more than
four years at eight centers, including Washingstudy School
was conton The
University
of
ducted gathering
Medicine.
They weremore
dithan 1,400 Swedish womvided
into
three
groups:
en born
in the
years
1962,
one
1972 received
and 1982.twice-daily
The subbudesonide,
an toinhaled
jects were asked
fill out

a placebo.
All children received albuterol, a fast-acting drug
fiverelief
years of
later
at the
age of
for
acute
asthma
24. Those women
who took
symptoms,
and oral
cororal contraceptives
had for
reticosteroids
as needed
ported significant drops in
asthma
symptoms.
two acknowledged meaThe
researchers
followed
surements
of menstrual
943
pain.participants in the triwasintervals
also a until
facal at Age
regular
tor in
the findings
of the
they
reached
adult height.
study. Aswere
a woman
aged,
Females
considered
the severity of period pain
to
be at adult
height but
at
decreased
somewhat,
age
or older
males
this 18effect
wasand
indepenat
age from
20 or the
older,
Strunk
dent
pill,
and
smaller.
Gynaecologist
Insaid.
In the
first 4 1/2 years
gela Lindh
ledofthe
after
the end
theinsvestrial,
tigation at the
Gothenburg
researchers
took
patients'
University’s Institute of
height
and
weight
every
Clinical Sciences, Sweden,
six
months.
Over
the
next
and is published online
by

or 1.2 centimeters, shorter
in the group that received
budesonide than in the pasometimes
prescribed
by
tients
who received
nedodoctorsorand
manyThe
women
cromil
placebo.
paattest who
to its
effectiveness,
tients
experienced
the
however, the scientific verslower
growth
were
pridict has so far been mixed.
marily
between
5-11 of
years
Two major
reviews
the
old
when they
beganout
using
evidence,
carried
in
2007 and 2009, said there
budesonide.
had been
lack of took
ranThe
slowera growth
domised
place
onlycontrolled
in the firsttrials
two
to provide a clear answer.
yearsRandomised
of the four-year
control
study.
As the
protrials are
the study
gold stangressed,
children
who
dard of the
clinical
research.
They the
entail
enrolling voltook
budesonide
reunteers who
are randomly
mained
one-half
inch
assigned either
to a adultgroup
shorter
through
that uses the genuine treathood
than
the
children
ment or to a comparison
who
not use
drug,
groupdidwhich
usesthe
dummy

Menstrual pain getting you down?

According to a
study spanning
30 years, contraceptive pills are
beneficial in easing
menstrual pain.

a lengthy questionnaire
when they were enrolled
in the probe at the age of
19, and did the same again

the European journal Human Reproduction.
In order to reduce
period pain, the pill is

pills as a comparison. This
new study could help provide a definitive answer, its
authors hope.

dose," he noted.
"But we think that the
half-inch of lowered adult
height must be balanced
against the well-established benefit of inhaled
corticosteroids in controlling persistent asthma.
We will use the lowest
effective dose to control
symptoms to minimize
concerns about effects on
adult height," he added.
The findings will be presented at the European
Respiratory Society meeting in Vienna, Austria, and
published online in the
New England Journal of
Medicine

important factor in childhood obesity and should
be limited, a South Australian study has found.
The UniSA study looked
at 2200 children aged beAccording
to the
tween
nine and
16 study,
years
conducted by German sciand
found
the
length
of
entists, If an individual has
time
they
spent
in
front
of
had a few regrets, it might
television
andlet computer
be
to best to
them go,
as
dwelling
what might
screens
wason
a more
likely
have
been makes
for aovermisindicator
of being
erable
weightold
orage.
obese than the
They say that regrets
amount ofdecrease
exerciseasthey
naturally
we
did.Study
get
older -co-author
as we tryand
to
UniSAthe
researcher
make
most of Dr
theCarol
time
we
have left
have fewer
Maher
saidand
screen
time
opportunities
second
now made up for
about
one
chances.
quarter of waking time
Younger people feel
for thefarage
group."In
them
more
acutely,the
as
past
two
decades,
from an evolutionaryyoung
per-

A promising new
blood test may be useful
in helping doctors predict
who is at risk for an imminent heart attack, say
researchers.
The findings come
from a landmark research
study led by Scripps
Translational Science In-

and misshapen and often
appeared with multiple
nuclei, which indicates
that CECs are promising
biomarkers for the prediction of acute ongoing
arterial plaque rupture.
“The ability to diagnose an imminent heart
attack has long been con-

stitute (STSI) - a collaborative program between
Scripps Health and The
Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).
The study concluded
that circulating endothelial cells (CEC) from
heart attack
people's
physicalpatients
activwere
abnormally
large
ity
behaviour
has been
the

sidered the holy grail of
cardiovascular medicine,”
said Dr. Eric Topol, the
study’s principal investigator and director of STSI.
“This has been a tremendous
collaboration
of two institutions on the
research (4.3
side,per
three
health
category
cent).
careMaher
systemssaid
in San
Dr
the Diego,
value

subject of scores of interventions but, in comparison, interventions aimed
at reducing screen time
have been relatively uncommon," she said."Our
findings suggest that
screen-time reduction may
be a more effective target
behaviour for intervention
studies aimed at reducing overweight and obesity among children."The
study found there were
about two and a half times
as many obese study suboldthe
people
jectsHowever,
classed in
catwho’ve
learnt
to
repress
egory of high-screen-time
them most effectively feel
and low-exercise
per
less
stress and (10.7
control
cent), as
in the low-screenother
emotions
more eftime and high-exercise
fectively.

of physical activity also
should not be underestimated.
"Increased likelihood of
a young person being
overweight or obese was
stersand
withconsisan avmore strongly
erage age of 25,
tently associated
with high
a healthy older
screen-timegroup
than
and awith
delow physical
activity,"older
she
pressed
group,
both with
said."Findings
underscore
aninterventions
average age
the need for
66.
targeting of
screen
behavAll completiour in young
people."Dr
ed a computer
Maher saidgame
the study,
pubin which
lished in the
latest
edition
they had to open
a series of boxes
of Acta Paediatrica,
was
containing
money
or
carried
outeither
because
there
a
cartoon
picture
of
a
devil,
was debate in the scientific
which meant they lost all
community
about which
the money they had made
factor
had
the
stronger
and the exercise
ended. as-

and a life science industry
leader, which has resulted
in an important discovery
that may help to change
the future of cardiovascular medicine,” Topol noted.
The study involved 50
patients who presented to
emergency rooms with
heart attacks at four acute
care hospitals in San
Diego. Using different
cell isolation platforms,
including the Veridex
CellSearch System, the
researchers found that
CEC counts and the cell
structural features were
dramatically altered in
the heart attack population when compared to
the healthy control group.
“We are pleased to
have collaborated on this
important investigational
study, said Mark Connelly, Ph.D. Director, Cellular Research, Veridex.
“CellSearch has proven to
be a powerful tool for oncology research and the
care of metastatic cancer
patients. This study highlights the value of accurate rare cell capture and
analysis with
in areas
beyond
sociation
obesity.
oncology,”
he stated.
The
children's
behaviour

over 24-hour periods was
studied and they were divided into groups based
on high and low activity,
as well as on high and low
screen use, according to
search ofguidelines.
more - rather like
national
the gameshow ‘Who Wants
Low-activity
children exto be a Millionaire?’
ercised
for
less
than
60
When the game
ended,
minutes
each
day and
they were
shown
howhigh
far
they could have
gonefailed
withscreen-time
children
out meet
losing national
it all.
to
guidelines.They found that the
younger people and the de"Increased
likelihood of
pressed older people - who
overweight
or obese
was
had all become
depressed
often
associated
with
for the first time after the
age of 55
- were time,
more likely
high
screen
but
to takesometimes
more risks and
in subseonly
less
quent rounds.
strongly
associated with
for the healthy
low But
... physical
activity,"
older people, it did not
Dr
Maher
said.
change their behaviour sig-

Old people with no regrets live happy

Learning not to linger on “what might
have been” could
act as a survival
mechanism critical to happiness
during old age, a
new study has suggested.

spective it is more important they learn not to repeat their mistakes.

For the study, the researchers used brain scans
to test three groups - young-

After each box, they
could decide to bank the
money or carry on in

nificantly after each group
of 20 people played around
80 rounds each.

Exposure to perfluorooctanoic used merged data from the 1999acid (PFOA), a manmade chemical 2000 and 2003-2004 National
used in the manufacture of some Health and Nutrition Examination
Want to shed those ex- linked to a fatty diet.
These included increascommon household products, may Survey (NHANES). tra pounds but still eat your
The Australian study of linked diabetes, a disor- eating to keep blood sugar
But black tea, which is es in cholesterol, high blood
lead to cardiovascular disease and The study suggests that increasing
in check.
der might
in which
nearly 250 non-diabetic lers
haveblood
a beersugar
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causes the dread- over-drinking) and having a People with beer belly are favourite junk foods? Well, used in most ordinary cup- glucose and insulin resisdrinking tea could be the
Beer
aroundfound
the Know
PFOA
peripheral
arterial
disease,
new serum
“This
in
line
with
many
levels why?
areWeabnormally
men drinkers
and women
have Mukta ed beer belly?
sedentary lifestyle
is the
main a considered
obese
only levels
if bodywere positively
solution. of
associated
with
the
presence
study
has
warned.
other
studies
that
have
high,
to
age-related
cognithose
with
high
blood
Vasishta,
Senior
Dietician
at
Mukta
Vasishta.
A
beer
cause
of
this
kind
of
obesity.
mass
index
(a
measure
of
world tend to be a part of
Researchers at Kobe
CVD and
PAD,than
and the associahave
that PFOA
New been
belly ispublished
caused by and
excess
calo- Surveys
It can also
besuggested
due to cushbody fatness)
is more
adds
tiveGangaram
decline. Hospital,
But the new
sugar levels tended to Sir
University, Japan found
the
not-so-cute-n-cuddly
Delhi
and
Sunita
Roy
Chowrie
intake
and
reduced
calorie
ing’s
syndrome
(it
is
a
health
24.9
kg/m.
(widely used in the manufacture of tion appeared to be independent
have shrinking in brain study, published Monday to all of the data on diathat regular consumption
condition such
whichas
stems
from pol-Sunita
Roy Chowdhary.
of confounders
such as
age,also
sex,
lubricants,
beer
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linked
memory
of tea
suppressed damlong-standing contact of the People with abdominal fat derace/ethnicity,
smoking
status,
ishes,
paper
and
textile
coatings,
aging
changes
in the blood
health,”
said
Dr.
R.
Scott
ogy,
suggested
controlling
and
emotional
processcommon problem among
body’s tissues to high levels position are considered obese
linked to
fatty foods that can
body
mass
index,
diabetes
meland
food
packaging)
is
detectable
ing. The results held up blood sugar levels could Turner, director of the
the hormone cortisol) and if the waist circumference is
the young
old alike,for boost cognitive health in Memory Disorders Pro- inof
lead to type 2 diabetes, relitus,
hypertension
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than
per than
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the 98more
102 cm
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ports
the Daily Mail.
cholesterol
level,
the
authors
cent
of
the
U.S.
population.
cause.
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people
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men
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more
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88
cm
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lifestyle
factors
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is a cause
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belly beevidence
considered
in women. What
comment.
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hasobese?
suggested (35
thatinches)
How exactly? The jury’s neurology at Georgetown
smoking
weight.and,
were given a high fat diet
sedentaryand
lifestyles
Mukta Vasishta
Peo- are the prevention
and treat"Our results
contribute
to the a normal diet.
an association
may be. biologically
University Medical Cen“If replicated, this finding still out.
and others
ple with beer belly are not ment of beer belly? Is liposuccontrary
to populartobelief,
emerging
data
on
health
effects
of two groups
plausible
between
PFOA
exposure
Each
of these
may contribute
a re- Some studies suggest ter, who was not involved
healthy. On the contrary the tion a safe and only method
were then split into smaller
and
cardiovascular
disease
blood sugar control can with this study.
evaluation
isn’t alwaysoftothedoconcept
with
visceral
fat (fat that lies
deep (CVD),
to get ridPFCs
of it? [perfluoroalkyl chemicals],
groups
and given water,
suggesting
the first
time that
according
the study
of normalbeer.
blood glucose help regulate the body’s For non-diabetic patients
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abdomen
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Vasishta.for
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PFOA
exposure
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Senior Dietician
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treatment
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sugar
inflammatory
response,
levels and the definition dhary,
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be2.01 for CVD and
PAD, betheinterpreted
weeks.
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counteracted
tance - awith
precursor
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Rockland
Hospital,
New
Delentary
lifestyle.
Sunita
Roy
ited
leads
to
secretion
of
cybelly
involves:
De-stressing
Anoop Shankar, M.D., Ph.D., and lated to CVD and PAD. However,
The good news
that which has been linked to els, Turner recommended
of diabetes,”
wroteisstudy
Both
types
of
tea
supharmful
effects
on
the
blood
2
diabetes
where
the
body
cause
of
the
possibility
of
residuaccording
to
the
results.
decoding
the truth
about adopting
Chowdhary.the
Consumption
tokines which
cause
by meditation
breathing
itauthor
can be Dr.
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and the
bad hi
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to the
cross-sectional
from
the chronic
West Virginia
Americanof colleagues
brain
shrinkage.
Another
Nicolas
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weight
gain normally
associated with
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efficiently
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reverse
summary,
in a represenbeer belly fat for us today.
excess calories (overeating or inflammation and disease. exercise.
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medication. People with uncontrolled and can be aggravated through dehyThe heat wave is damaging diabetes can even catch respiratory in- dration,” says Patange.
enough for anybody, but if you’re fection very easily,” says Patange.
In severe cases, dehydration can
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FRIDAY OCTOBER | 25 | 2013

Rs 6 crore compensation to NRI doctor
New Delhi/Kolkata, Oct 24: The Supreme Court
on Thursday, Oct 24 asked Kolkata-based Advanced Medicare and Research Institute (AMRI)
Hospital to give Rs 5.96 crore compensation to an
NRI doctor who lost his wife due to medical negligence. But isn't it too little, too late for Dr Kunal
Saha? After fighting for 15 long years, Dr Kunal, a
noted AIDS vaccine researcher at the Children's
Hospital and Ohio State university at Columbus,
Ohio (US), will be given Rs 5.96 crore by the hospital authorities who earlier had rejected to accept
any responsibilities when 36-year-old Anuradha
Saha passed away in 1998. Dr Kunal initially lost
his fight as West Bengal Medical Council and the
Calcutta High Court dismissed his case against
AMRI Hospital. However, he continued his fight
for getting justice for his wife, he had moved the
apex court which found the hospital and its doctors guilty of medical negligence. The Supreme
Court also had referred the case to the National
Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which had fixed the compensation amount
to Rs 1.7 crore. The NCDRC asked three Kolkata
doctors and the AMRI to share the compensation
amount. Dr Kunal, however, claimed that the compensation amount, along with interest since 1998,
should be Rs 200 crore and moved the apex court
again. On Thursday, the apex court decided on his
plea and enhanced the compensation to Rs. 5.96
crore. Dr Kunal also had formed People for Better
Treatment (PBT) to make his crusade into a mass
movement and filed cases against three doctors
and the AMRI hospital. Anuradha had suffered an
acute pain when the couple had come to Kolkata
from US for a Holiday in 1998. She was admitted to
AMRI. Instead of improving, Anuradha took a turn

for the worse after a steroid called Depomedral
was given to her. Later Anuradha was moved to
the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, but it was
too. Expressing his disappointment with the Kolk-

ata doctors, Dr Kunal was quoted as saying, "When
a patient goes to the hospital, he gives himself in
the hands of the doctor. Every day we see cases of
medical negligence but no doctor is caught."

Bundelkhand a victim of BJP's India
shining politics: Rahul Gandhi
Slamming BJP for its "politics of India
Shining," Rahul Gandhi today reached
out to the poor and rural youths in Bundelkhand, hard-selling the UPA's flagship schemes of food security, land acquisition and job guarantee programme
MNREGA.
The
Congress
Vice-President
stressed on the unity of his party in the
faction-ridden state unit and expressed
confidence that it will form the next
government in Madhya Pradesh, which
will "not belong to a leader" but to the
poor, youths and women.
"Bundelkhand has become a victim of the slogan of India shining. The
politics of India Shining has ignored the
screams of the people of Bundelkhand
for development. Did you feel the glaze
of India shining? This is politics of airconditioner (those sitting in air-conditioned rooms), the politics of industrialists, they practise," Gandhi said while
addressing an election rally in the state,
where Congress has been out of power
for a decade.
Gandhi, who has been focusing on
the Bundelkhand region for quite some
time and had also been instrumental in
getting a financial package for the area,
said farmers wanted to know where
did the money sent by the Centre to dig

wells go.
Interacting with the crowds gathered to hear him, Gandhi asked them
whether they had felt any impact of the
"India Shining politics".
"Youths are not happy, farmers are
not happy, women are not happy," he
said.
In a speech laced with anecdotes
like dreams of a "sweating farmer"
engaged in agricultural work that his

sons or grandsons would some day fly
in aeroplanes, to that of village women
and youths, Gandhi briefly mentioned
Indira Gandhi and said in contrast to
BJP's politics of only development, Congress politics takes into account both
things -- development as well empowering people.
Seeking to add a personal touch to
his associating with people in Bundelkhand, Gandhi recalled that when
he had first come to the region, he had
suffered mosquito bites and when he
had consumed water in a village, it had
got his stomach upset.
"But I was happy. Politicians should
know the hardships faced by people,"
he said.
BJP-led NDA had given slogan of
'India Shining' during 2004 Lok Sabha
elections, which saw the UPA coming to
power, bringing to an end the NDA rule
at the Centre.
Gandhi claimed that the UPA regime had constructed three times more
roads than those laid down during the
BJP-led NDA rule, which keeps speaking
about development and roads.
"We made three times more road
than what were constructed during
NDA's period. BJP did not construct as
many airports as we did.

Patna: A Bihar woman health official is set to
share stage with Malala Yousufzai, who was shot
in the head and neck by the Taliban for advocating
girls' education in her country Pakistan, in New
York next month, officials on Thursday said.
Martha Dodray, in her mid-40s, is an auxiliary nursing midwife posted at Kusheshwarsthan
primary health centre in the state's Darbhanga
district. She was selected by the United Nations
Foundation (UNF) for her extraordinary work to
eradicate polio.
"I am happy that UNF is honouring me for
my work in polio immunization campaign at a

function to be held at New York on November 6,
where Malala would be also felicitated," Martha,
a tribal native of Palamu district of neighbouring
Jharkhand, said.
She said she walked several kilometres each
day to reach remote and inaccessible villages to
administer polio vaccine to hundreds of children,
mostly belonging to poor families.
Darbhanga district magistrate Kumar Ravi said
Martha has contributed in the polio vaccination
drive in remote pockets of the flood-prone rural
areas."Marha was recently selected as one of the

BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate
Harsh Vardhan today promised to bring
"radical reforms" in governance if his
party comes to power and accused
the Congress government of "piling up
miseries" on the people and putting
Delhi in intensive care unit by its
"misrule".
A day after being named as the
party's CM candidate following a
bitter race for the position within
Delhi BJP, Vardhan said a "clean,
transparent and people's government" will be in place if voted to
power and ruled out any infighting
in the party fold.
In a show of unity, Vardhan addressed a press conference flanked
by Delhi election in-charge Nitin
Gadkari, Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel,
Leader of the Opposition in Delhi
Assembly V K Malhotra and former
Delhi unit chief Vijender Gupta and
asserted that the party will leave no
stone unturned to defeat the "corrupt" Congress government. The
former Health Minister promised
to bring "radical changes" in governance and offered a transparent, innovative and corruption-free administration if BJP was brought to power. "All
the leaders and workers will work hard
to oust the corrupt and ineffective government. The government has failed in

all fronts. Poor people are living in helllike situation. The city is in ICU and it
needs a healing touch," Vardhan, fondly
called as 'Doctor Saab', said.
Exhuding confidence of his party's

victory, Gadkari said the people of Delhi were in "exile for last 15 years" and
that is going to end in December. "The
people of Delhi were in exile. But now
the exile will end and the (BJP) government will be formed. It will be a Ram

Rajya," he said.
Vardhan attacked the government
on number of issues including "backbreaking" price rise of essential commodities, fruits and vegetables, "rising"
crime, "ever increasing" pollution
in Yamuna, "high" power tariff,
"poor" education and healthcare
infrastructure and CWG scam.
"Very soon the people of Delhi will be freed from the Sheila
Dikshit dispensation which has
adopted such a casual approach
towards governance because of
which the whole city is suffering,"
Vardhan, who was named BJP's
Chief Ministerial candidate yesterday, said.Rejecting reports of
infighting in the party, Goel, who
lost the race for Chief Ministerial
candidate, resolved to put all his
effort to make the party victorious
and showered praise on Vardhan.
"The party will fight unitedly to
oust the corrupt Congress government. The people of Delhi are fed
up with the misrule of Congress.
I am confident of our victory,"
said Goel. "I do not have to tell anything
about Harsh Vardhan. He is a popular
leader. His contribution towards eradication of polio was appreciated within
and outside the country," he said in his
brief comment.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has sent a formal invitation to
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inviting
her for an open public debate.
"I have sent a formal proposal to Sheila
Dikshit for a public debate, but it must happen in public, not in any TV studio," said Kejriwal.
"Why is Sheila Dikshit is scared of a debate? Harshvardhan (BJP's chief ministerial
candidate), she and I can debate, not in a TV
studio, but among people," Kejriwal added.
Kejriwal’s official invitation to the Delhi
CM came days after she told a TV news channel that she was ready for a debate with the
AAP leader if he formally writes to her. She
had said, “I am not shy of a political debate.
I have debated with Sushma Swaraj in the
past. Public debates are healthy in a democracy." Dikshit’s response came after Kejriwal
dared her for a public debate with him on the
issues relating to "inflated" power and water
bills and women's safety among others.
Well, it would be interesting to see the
veteran Delhi CM getting engaged in a verbal duel with Kejriwal, the former RTI activist
and now a politician.
Dikshit, who is eyeing an unprecedented
fourth successive term in upcoming Assembly polls, admitted recently that Kejriwal has
caught the people's imagination to a certain
extent. Kejriwal, 45, whose won the Magsaysay Award for emergent leadership for his
campaign to get the Right to Information law
passed in India, has announced his candidature from New Delhi Assembly constituency,

The next general elections would
see a fight between Congress and RSS,
not BJP, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh
said today, calling the saffron party
a "wholly owned subsidiary" of the
Sangh Parivar fountainhead.
Ramesh also hit out at BJP and its
prime ministerial candidate Narendra
Modi, saying the opposition party was
only projecting Modi, whereas "we are
asking people to vote for our party and
its ideology"."What has happened in
the last few months has given proof of
the fact that 2014 is not Congress versus BJP, but the fight is between Congress and RSS, because whatever the
RSS orders, BJP follows," Ramesh told
reporters here.
"If proof is needed that the BJP is the
wholly owned subsidiary of the holding company based in Nagpur called
the RSS, what has happened in the last
12 to 15 months is adequate enough," the
Union Rural Development Minister said.
Claiming that BJP had lost its ground due
to recent developments, Ramesh said
2014 would be a battle between Congress ideology and RSS ideology. "It will
be battle between ideologies of Congress
and regional parties." Hitting out at BJP
and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, he said the Congress election
strategy was not about projecting any
one individual. "....now, one individual is
saying to the country I,I and I; I, me, my-

best polio workers in India for her devotion and
hard work in polio vaccination drive. Her name
was recommended for the award ceremony in
New York," Darbhanga civil surgeon U.K. Choudhary said.
State Health Secretary Sanjay
Kumar, who is also executive director of Bihar
State Health Society, said the state has become
a near polio-free region as it has not recorded a
single case of the disease. But Bihar will have to
wait till January 14, 2014, to be officially declared a
polio free state, when India too will be declared a
polio-free country.

Radical reforms if BJP elected to power: Harsh Vardhan

Kejriwal formally invites Sheila
Dikshit for public debate
which has been electing Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
AAP has decided to field candidates in all
70 constituencies. The party had last week
claimed it was on course to form the next
government in Delhi. AAP had come out with
a survey which showed the party was lead-

ing in 33 of 70 assembly seats in capital.
The party has been attacking Delhi government on a number of issues including
power and water tariff and alleged corruption. Delhi Asembly elections will be held in
the national capital Dec 4 with over 11.5 million voters eligible to cast their ballots in 70
constituencies.

2014 polls will be fight between
Congress, RSS, not BJP: Jairam Ramesh

Bihar woman to be honoured by UN for work to eradicate polio

7

self that is his message to the country,
that is the stand of an individual who
has been named as the prime ministerial
candidate by a party." "....whereas Rahul
Gandhi's style is much low key, he speaks
not about I, me, myself. He instead speaks
about democratising the Congress party
from the grass root, he speaks about
plans to address some serious issues that

is facing the country today," Ramesh said.
"At the end of the day, voter has to
decide...We are projecting the Congress
party and BJP is projecting Modi and that
is the fundamental difference between
us. We are asking people to vote for our
party and its ideology...whether we get
votes or not is different, but this is our
strategy," he said.

Asaram Bapu
moves Gandhinagar
court for regular bail

Asaram has moved a Gujarat court
for bail on grounds of delay in filing of
FIR in connection with the sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based
sisters against him and son Narayan Sai.
Asaram has moved a Gujarat court
for bail on grounds of delay in filing of
FIR in connection with the sexual assault case lodged by two Surat-based
sisters against him and son Narayan Sai.
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Asaram has moved a Gujarat court for
bail on grounds of delay in filing of FIR
in connection with the sexual assault
case lodged by two Surat-based sisters
against him and son Narayan Sai.
“We have moved the sessions court
in Gandhinagar for regular bail. The
matter may come up for hearing today,”
Asaram’s counsel B M Gupta said.
Gupta further said the complaint
against Asaram was “concocted” and
the allegations levelled against him are
“false”.
Asaram was brought to the city last
week on a transit remand from Jodhpur.
Thereafter, the 72-year-old was quizzed
extensively by Ahmedabad Police during the seven-day remand granted by
a Magisterial Court in Gandhinagar. He
was taken back to Jodhpur yesterday.

Tamil Nadu government also hunts for
gold, with a difference
Chennai: Even as the government searches for gold in
the ruins of a centuries-old
fort in Uttar Pradesh, the
Tamil Nadu government is
on a gold hunt of its own.
It wants to buy 400 kilos
of gold and has asked for
bids from suppliers who are
interested.
What the government specifically wants is

100,000 coins of 22-carat
gold, weighing four grams
each. These are to be given
as part of schemes that offer gold coins to help poor
families make Thirumangalyam or mangalsutra for
weddings.
All bids need to be submitted by November 22.
"It is going to be a challenging task. Availability of

gold is the major challenge.
Imports of gold is allowed
only against export," Jayantilal Challani, president,
the Madras Jewellers and
Diamond Merchants Association, told news agency
IANS.Government officials
say the final contract will
ensure the supplier is liable
if the coins turn out to be alloyed.

BJP plans big for Narendra Modi's ‘Hunkar Rally’
Patna: Patna’s Gandhi Maidan has
stood witness to many historic events
right from the freedom struggle to the
JP movement and beyond. The historic
venue is now decked up for BJP prime
ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s
‘Hunkar rally’ on October 27.
Going by the massive preparations
underway, the event is set to be one
of the biggest ever political rallies that
Patna has ever seen with giant hoardings and banners dotting most major
intersections in the city and also elsewhere in the state.
The Bihar BJP has left no stone unturned to ensure that Hunkar rally – the
first big party event after the 17-yearold alliance with JD(U) ended on June
16 – makes an impact on the voters of
the electorally crucial state.
The state unit of the BJP has
launched a massive campaign to mobilise support for the rally which will
be addressed by Narendra Modi among
others.
Almost all senior party leaders from
Bihar – the party has 12 MPs and 91
MLAs in the state - have fanned out
across the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the
state to build momentum for the big
event. They are holding road shows and
meetings to solicit public support for

the rally.
Also, after the huge success of
‘NaMO’ tea stalls in Patna, the party has
hit upon another novel idea to push
brand Modi with the party unit in Saharsa giving out free jalebis in the name
of Narendra Modi.

A huge tent measuring over 2.5 lakh
sq feet is being erected at Gandhi Maidan – from RBI building to Mona Cinema
- for the lakhs of supporters who are
expected to come to the state capital.
Besides arranging food – packets of puri-sabji and chuda-gur- and shelter, BJP
workers have also arranged over one

lakh ‘daatuns’ for their convenience.
Party workers are setting up collection and distribution centres - to manage easy distribution of food packets at Fraser Road, near Maharaja Complex,
Golamber, near Mauryalok Complex
and on Exhibition Road.
As many as 11 special trains and
3000 buses have been booked to transport BJP supporters from different
parts of the state to the rally venue.
Enthusiastic party workers in Jajha are
coming to Patna on motorbikes; they
have named their cavalcade ‘Hunkar
Express’.
To spread the ‘Hunkar’ message, the
party has distributed two CDs ‘NaMo
Hunkar’ and ‘Modi banenge PM’ right
up to the village level. Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari – who recently joined
the BJP – is also doing his bit to ensure
that the Patna event turns out to be
mega success.
At Gandhi Maidan, a huge stage has
been erected which has a 30-feet-long
electronic screen as the backdrop. Also,
30 more screens are being erected all
across the ground to ensure that even
those sitting at a distance get a clear
view of the stage.
Hi-tech linear sound system and 12
cameramen stationed at vantage points
are also part of the arrangements.

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FRIDAY OCTOBER | 25 | 2013

Sachin Tendulkar named in Wisden all-time World Test XI
Retiring Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was today named in the Wisden all-time World Test XI.Tendulkar, who will retire from Test cricket after playing against the West Indies in his landmark
200th match in Mumbai next month, was named at his number four spot in the team announced to mark 150 years of the Cricketers' Almanack here.The team captained by legendary Australian
batsman Don Bradman has four Englishmen, three West Indians, two Australians, one Indian and one Pakistani.Tendulkar's contemporaries like Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and Jaques Kallis could not
make it to the team, nor other Indian greats like Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev.Australian spin-legend Shane Warne and Pakistani fast-bowling great Wasim Akram were the only two contemporaries of
Tendulkar who made it to the World Test XI.Tendulkar and Akram are the only two Asians named in the team.Jack Hobbs and WG Grace were included as openers, followed by Bradman and Tendulkar
at number three and four, respectively.Destructive West Indian batsman Vivian Richards comes in at number five followed his countryman and legendary all-rounder Garry Sobers.Englishman Alan
Knott got the wicketkeeper's spot while the four remaining bowling slots went to Warne, Akram, West Indian fast bowling great Malcolm Marshall and Englishman Sydney Barnes.Wisden World XI:
Jack Hobbs (England), W G Grace (England), Don Bradman (Australia, captain), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Vivian Richards (West Indies), Garry Sobers (West Indies), Alan Knott (England), Wasim Akram
(Pakistan), Shane Warne (Australia), Malcolm Marshall (West Indies), Sydney Barnes (England).

La Liga ``Clasico``

Beware of pacy Mohammad Shami,
George Bailey warns Australian batsmen

perfect stage for
Bale, Neymar

Australian skipper George Bailey says they did not expect Mohammad Shami to trouble the
batsmen with his deceptive pace and movement in the fourth ODI at Ranchi.
Ranchi:
Rattled by Mohammad Shami's three-wicket burst with
the new ball in the abandoned fourth
ODI, Australian skipper George Bailey
has instructed his batsmen to watch
out for the rookie Indian pacer in the
remaining games of the ongoing sevenmatch series.
Taken aback by Shami's pace and
swing, Bailey said: "Obviously Shami
bowled very well. He's someone we
haven't seen in the series and he was a
little bit quicker than what we expected. He certainly got movement off the
seam," Bailey told reporters after the
fourth one-dayer at th JSCA Stadium
yesterday.
"That's something to be pretty
aware of for the rest of the series. That's
obviously what's going to be coming at
us," he said.
Shami rocked the Australian toporder but half-centuries from Bailey
(98) and Glenn Maxwell (92) in a record 153-run fifth wicket stand enabled
them to post a challenging 295/8.
However, rain played spoilsport
when India were 27 for no loss after 4.1
overs and the match was abandoned
with Australia continuing to lead the
series 2-1.
Amassing 318 runs, Bailey yesterday
became the first Australia skipper to go
past 300 in any bilateral ODI series.
Yet a modest Bailey said it was ridiculous for him to think of making to the
Ashes squad in the Australian summer.

"I think there's probably eight guys
who have got a chance of playing in
that Ashes team. It's so far away. It's just
ridiculous to look at it," Bailey said.
"There are guys who will be at
home playing Shield cricket, we've got
Australia A games when we get back.
It's a completely different format. I
don't think there's anyone out playing
in these games thinking about that series."
Asked whether he had any special
preparation for the series in India, Bai-

French Open Super Series:
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu progress,
Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa crash out
The 18-year-old Sindhu accounted for South Korea’s Ji
Hyun Sung as she thrashed the sixth seed 21-8, 21-12 in
less than half an hour at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin.
Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu
progressed to the second round of women’s singles with
contrasting wins while it was dead end for comeback pair
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, who lost not only
their women’s doubles clash but also their respective
mixed doubles matches at the French Open Super Series
here Wednesday.
The 18-year-old
Sindhu accounted for
South Korea’s Ji Hyun
Sung as she thrashed
the sixth seed 21-8,
21-12 in less than
half an hour at the
Stade Pierre de Coubertin.
The World No.10
Indian showed suberb prowess to beat
Ji and has taken a 3-0
lead in career meetings. The South Korean has been in excellent form lately, having beaten Saina
and reached the final of the Denmark Open Super Series
Premier last week.
Meanwhile, fourth seed Saina Nehwal had to overcome Thailand’s Nichaon Jindapon in a tough 52-minute
battle to progress to the pre-quarters. The World No.4
won the tie 12-21, 21-16, 21-13 to take a 2-0 lead in career meets.In the next round, the Olympic bronze medallist faces a tricky challenge in the face of Ji’s compatriot,
Yeon Ju Bae. Though the Hyderabadi has a 5-3 head-tohead against Yeon, it was the South Korean who dashed
Saina’s hopes at the World Championships in August.

ley said: "I didn't do anything different.
I think coming over here you focus a little bit more on how you're going to play
spin, because India have good spinners.
"It's important to be at the top of
your game there. I'd done a lot of that
leading into England as well, so that
wasn't too much different."
The lower-order added just 57 runs
in the last 10 overs as Australia posted
a less than 300-plus total for the first
time in the series but Bailey begged to
differ in his assessment.

Madrid: The 167th La Liga `Clasico` between Barcelona
and Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday (1600 GMT)
could be the ideal stage for Gareth Bale and Neymar to show
they are worth a combined price tag of almost 160 million
euros.Or, as is more likely, one of the most intense rivalries
in football and a match watched by hundreds of millions
around the world will again showcase the peerless talents of
Barca`s Argentine World Player of the Year Lionel Messi and
Real`s Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Leaders Barca dropped their first points of the campaign
with a 0-0 draw at Osasuna last weekend and victory for
Real, as well as providing a huge confidence boost, would
put them level with their bitter rivals on 25 points from
10 games.Wales winger Bale replaced Ronaldo as the most
expensive player in history when he joined Real from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of 100 million euros in the close
season, while Barca paid some 57 million to lure Brazil forward Neymar from Santos.Bale`s first weeks in the Spanish
capital have been disrupted by injury but coach Carlo Ancelotti hinted that the 24-year-old could feature from the start
against Barca after coming on as a second-half substitute in
Wednesday`s 2-1 Champions League victory at home to Juventus.Neymar, 21, has shown glimpses of the brilliance that
has served his country so well in recent years - he scored the
goal against Atletico Madrid that secured the Spanish Super
Cup at the end of August - without really catching fire.

Ashes chapter hard to close for Ponting
Melbourne: Ricky Ponting knew his time was up when he bowed out of international cricket
a year ago, but the competitive fires still rage for the former Australia captain when he imagines
facing England one more time on home soil.
England`s arrival in Perth on Friday signals the start of the cricket summer Down Under, with a
four-week phoney war of tour matches, training and media hype before the second instalment of
back-to-back Ashes series gets underway with the first test in Brisbane.
In seasons past, Ponting would be plotting the arch-enemy`s downfall at this time, refining his
craft in the nets and champing at the bit for the day to arrive when he could stride to the crease to
steady an innings with a defiant century.
Instead, the 38-year-old has spent his recent days looking back rather than forward, reminiscing over the highs and lows of a long and storied career on a bok tour to promote his autobiography “At The Close Of Play”.
Fairly or unfairly, Ponting`s roaring success as a batsman and test captain has been tempered
by his record against England, and the harrowing 3-1 series defeat on home soil two years ago left
him the only Australian skipper to lose three Ashes series in over 100 years.
Little wonder the prospect of watching from the sidelines still tugs at the heartstrings as Australia prepares its bid to wrest the Ashes back after losing the first series 3-0 away.
“It does, a certain part of me says, `yeah, I would love to be out there competing,`” Ponting told
Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
“And when these big test matches and Ashes series come round, I`d love to be out there because that was always the pinnacle for me.
“They`re the moments that we all play for. When I was a young boy growing up all I wanted to
do was play cricket for Australia and then obviously on the back of that was to be involved in an
Ashes series.
“That was the reason I played the game was to be involved in those series but at the end of the
day my time had gone.
“I couldn`t play the way I used to be able to play and when that realisation hits it`s pretty easy
to sort of walk away.

Brilliant Zlatan gives PSG four reasons to believe
Paris: Paris St Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a deserved standing ovation after scoring a magnificent half-volley against Anderlecht on Wednesday, although
the fans that were applauding him were not his own but those of the opposing team.Not content with a single brilliant strike, the Swede went on to become the 10th man to
score four goals in a Champions League tie as PSG won 5-0 in Belgium to extend their perfect record in Group C, and he remains the driving force of a team emerging as serious
title contenders.Last season, PSG were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Barcelona but after reinforcing the squad with striker Ednson Cavani, who also scored on Wednesday, and defender Marquinhos, they can be expected to progress even further this campaign.

Classifying F1 as a sport instead of entertainment would be a good place to start: Narain Karthikeyan
For the Indian motor sport enthusiast, the third Formula 1 race over
the weekend at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) is highly significant for more than one reason.
For one, it will be the last time
that cars with V8 engines will be racing in Greater Noida. Then, Australian driver Mark Webber will surely
be retiring at the end of the season
and Brazilian Felipe Massa is also
contemplating to quit. And there is
this break next year although we all
hope that F1 comes back to India in
2015.
For me personally, racing here in

the last two seasons was a fantastic
experience, an immensely proud
moment to be on the starting grid
at home.The first-time experience
is overwhelming and incomparable,
the frenzy, the build-up, the media
stuff all make it exciting. You almost
forget that there is a race weekend to
get through. But once you get to the
circuit, you try to shut all of it out and
focus on on-track stuff.
Still, you are not immune to the
buzz, and you keep on pinching
yourself that it isn’t a dream. If in
2005, my debut season, someone
had told me that I would be on the

grid for my home Grand Prix less
than a decade later, I would have told
them to get lost! We had strong outings both years, given the equipment
and circumstances, but I think the
2011 race was pretty special. I was
nervous, not having driven a full race
distance since July that year and the
pressure of going up against a highly
rated driver like Daniel Ricciardo,
who will be driving for Red Bull next
year.In qualifying we were neck and
neck, down to the thousandths of a
second, but I got a grid penalty for
the race. And it didnÂ’t stop there
and then there was a contact on the

first lap and I lost a chunk of the front
wing, but we still managed a good
race and finished ahead of Ricciardo
(by over 30 seconds) and the final result (finishing 17th) was the best we
could have hoped for. All in all, it was
a magical weekend!
It is a shame that no Indian driver
is on the grid for the race this year,
but F1 drivers aren’t made overnight
- it takes several years of competing in the right championships and
showing your speed at every level
before making it to F1. In my days, the
ladder was far more straightforward
and simpler than it is today. I never

touched a kart whereas kids today
start driving when theyÂ’re eight
and do karting for six to eight years
before switching to a single-seater.
Considering this long development
curve, I think Jehan Daruvala has put
himself in a good position right now.
He has won karting championships
in Asia as well as Britain this year and
it isn’t easy given the competition. I
have interacted with his father and
he is fully committed towards supporting Jehan all the way and that
is exactly what you need when you
are aiming for the top echelon of the
sport.